User Guide

How to play, step by step

Everything you need to go from a pale print in the tray to a Perfect Exposure. Choose your device for instructions and screenshots that match what you see.

Today’s photo developing in the darkroom tray, with the When, Where, What and Who questions below it.

iPhone guide

Every day Daily Exposure picks one of your own photos and hides it in a darkroom tray. This guide walks through a whole puzzle on iPhone, from the first guess to the framed print.

Open the iPhone guide
Daily Exposure on iPad: the developing photo on the left and the questions on the right.

iPad guide

On iPad the developing photo fills one side of the screen and the questions sit beside it, so you can study every detail as the picture clears. This guide walks through a whole puzzle.

Open the iPad guide
Daily Exposure on a Mac: the photo developing in the tray beside the question panel.

Mac guide

Daily Exposure is a native Mac app, built for a pointer, a keyboard and a big display. This guide walks through a whole puzzle, from the first guess to the framed print.

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At a glance

  1. 1Allow access to your photos
  2. 2Meet today’s photo
  3. 3Guess when it was taken
  4. 4Pin where it was taken
  5. 5Say what’s in the picture
  6. 6Count the people — or judge the distance
  7. 7Make a guess and watch it develop
  8. 8See the framed print and your score
  9. 9Share your score, not your photo
  10. 10Look back with the filmstrip
  11. 11Fix a wrong answer — and get a bonus play
  12. 12Give the photo a title
  13. 13Keep a photo out of future puzzles

Still stuck? Try the FAQ or contact us.